Hi this Julie with Beadaholique.com and I want to show you how to add a clasp to a
spiral rope stitch in bead weaving
so here are a couple examples. I'm going to show you one clasp which is already attached
and if you look really closely
you can see that this clasp has just been incorporated into the bead work
itself
you see these beads
right here I have a very loved and used needle but you see these eight beads, basically
you would just complete your stitch as normal with them then you went
back up
through all four of these
came out
added your clasp so you then just went through your clasp as well
pretend I had some thread out here
pulled it through and then went back down through the turquoise ones and then
you loop it around and around and around
three or four times until your clasp was securely
wedged in there
and then you just tied off your thread and worked your tail back into
your beadwork
and that was done
on both sides so you can see it's just seamless
so that's one way of doing and I'm going to show you how to do a second way
so here I have a bead woven piece
and I've got
my spiral rope stitch
I still have
the stopper bead on one end
I'm going to start with the other end
which I just
finished a normal stitch. So I'd be at the point where I need to add more beads
I want to wrap this up, so what I'm going to do
thread my needle
I was coming out of the turquoise, I'm going down
through the
lavender ones
through
the beads next to it
just nice and secure
we go back through that turquoise one
come out
you could have gone through two or four at this point, it doesn't really
matter, basically just working your tail into your beadwork some
catch it under a
thread bridge
pull it
go through my loop
so it creates a knot
pull it down
pull tight
go through several more and I'm just gonna follow the turquoise path
do the same thing so go through three or
whatever you like
catch under the thread bridge
create a loop
go through your loop
pull
agin
we're just working that tail
into our stitching
so once you've done that a number of times just keep working your thread
so that your tail disappears
there you go
so those are secure. I'm going to take my thread zapper
remove my thread
we now have
the end of our spiral rope stitch and it's solid
beads aren't going anywhere, so now we need to attach the clasp
and to do this
I'm going to take a jump ring and in this case I'm using 11/0 seed beads
so the maximum
gauge of
jump ring I want to use is twenty two gauge
I have a four millimeter twenty-two gauge jump ring and 11/0 Toho seed beads
opened jump ring
and I'm just going to put the jump ring through that last turquoise bead
on my spiral stitch
before I close up
attach it to my clasp
then
close the jump ring
that side is done and you can see
it's really secure so I'm not having to worry that I
attached my jump ring
to just plain thread and then they might pull through the little gap in the jump ring
this is solid, this is not going anywhere
and so what you'll do on the other side is just go
ahead
get rid of my old thread
remove the stopper bead
the way I do it that I find that is the easiest is put your needle through the
bead
and just pull it off
this
now do the exact same technique. Remove the needle
I actually took my nail
between my nail and my finger
I just squeezed the
thread. It flattens it and it makes it a little bit and makes a lot easier to thread the needle
when you're using these really tiny needles
do the same thing
it's exiting the turquoise bead
go down through the lavender ones
up through
another series next to them
down through the turquoise which is the center spiral, the center core
I went through two
go under the thread bridge
loop it
pull it tight
a couple more
do this real quick
then I'll show you one more time how to add that jump ring and attach it to the other half
of your clasp
if your ever worried about your knots not being secure enough
go ahead and do a double knot so I passed through it once
you can pass through it again
make it even more secure
one more jump ring and then
my clasp is attached
go up through that top
bead of the top turquoise went in the core spiral
add the other half of the clasp
close the jump ring up
we are going to go
we've just finished
my necklace
and added in a clasp
to a spiral rope stitch. Go to www.beadaholique.com to purchase beading supplies and to get design ideas!